Cohere SDK

Pass-through endpoints for Cohere - call provider-specific endpoint, in native format (no translation).

Feature	Supported	Notes
Cost Tracking	❌	Tell us if you need this
Logging	✅	works across all integrations
End-user Tracking	❌	Tell us if you need this
Streaming	✅

Just replace https://api.cohere.com with LITELLM_PROXY_BASE_URL/cohere 🚀

Example Usage

curl --request POST \
  --url http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere/v1/chat \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-anything" \
  --data '{
    "chat_history": [
      {"role": "USER", "message": "Who discovered gravity?"},
      {"role": "CHATBOT", "message": "The man who is widely credited with discovering gravity is Sir Isaac Newton"}
    ],
    "message": "What year was he born?",
    "connectors": [{"id": "web-search"}]
  }'

Supports ALL Cohere Endpoints (including streaming).

See All Cohere Endpoints

Quick Start

Let's call the Cohere /rerank endpoint

1. Add Cohere API Key to your environment

export COHERE_API_KEY=""

2. Start LiteLLM Proxy

litellm

# RUNNING on http://0.0.0.0:4000

3. Test it!

Let's call the Cohere /rerank endpoint

curl --request POST \
  --url http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere/v1/rerank \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-anything" \
  --data '{
    "model": "rerank-english-v3.0",
    "query": "What is the capital of the United States?",
    "top_n": 3,
    "documents": ["Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada.",
                  "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Saipan.",
                  "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district.",
                  "Capitalization or capitalisation in English grammar is the use of a capital letter at the start of a word. English usage varies from capitalization in other languages.",
                  "Capital punishment (the death penalty) has existed in the United States since beforethe United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states."]
  }'

Examples

Anything after http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere is treated as a provider-specific route, and handled accordingly.

Key Changes:

Original Endpoint	Replace With
https://api.cohere.com	http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere (LITELLM_PROXY_BASE_URL="http://0.0.0.0:4000")
bearer $CO_API_KEY	bearer anything (use bearer LITELLM_VIRTUAL_KEY if Virtual Keys are setup on proxy)

Example 1: Rerank endpoint

LiteLLM Proxy Call

curl --request POST \
  --url http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere/v1/rerank \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-anything" \
  --data '{
    "model": "rerank-english-v3.0",
    "query": "What is the capital of the United States?",
    "top_n": 3,
    "documents": ["Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada.",
                  "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Saipan.",
                  "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district.",
                  "Capitalization or capitalisation in English grammar is the use of a capital letter at the start of a word. English usage varies from capitalization in other languages.",
                  "Capital punishment (the death penalty) has existed in the United States since beforethe United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states."]
  }'

Direct Cohere API Call

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cohere.com/v1/rerank \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer $CO_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
    "model": "rerank-english-v3.0",
    "query": "What is the capital of the United States?",
    "top_n": 3,
    "documents": ["Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada.",
                  "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Saipan.",
                  "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district.",
                  "Capitalization or capitalisation in English grammar is the use of a capital letter at the start of a word. English usage varies from capitalization in other languages.",
                  "Capital punishment (the death penalty) has existed in the United States since beforethe United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states."]
  }'

Example 2: Chat API

LiteLLM Proxy Call

curl --request POST \
  --url http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere/v1/chat \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-anything" \
  --data '{
    "chat_history": [
      {"role": "USER", "message": "Who discovered gravity?"},
      {"role": "CHATBOT", "message": "The man who is widely credited with discovering gravity is Sir Isaac Newton"}
    ],
    "message": "What year was he born?",
    "connectors": [{"id": "web-search"}]
  }'

Direct Cohere API Call

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cohere.com/v1/chat \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer $CO_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
    "chat_history": [
      {"role": "USER", "message": "Who discovered gravity?"},
      {"role": "CHATBOT", "message": "The man who is widely credited with discovering gravity is Sir Isaac Newton"}
    ],
    "message": "What year was he born?",
    "connectors": [{"id": "web-search"}]
  }'

Example 3: Embedding

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cohere.com/v1/embed \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-anything" \
  --data '{
    "model": "embed-english-v3.0",
    "texts": ["hello", "goodbye"],
    "input_type": "classification"
  }'

Direct Cohere API Call

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cohere.com/v1/embed \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer $CO_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
    "model": "embed-english-v3.0",
    "texts": ["hello", "goodbye"],
    "input_type": "classification"
  }'

Advanced - Use with Virtual Keys

Pre-requisites

• Setup proxy with DB

Use this, to avoid giving developers the raw Cohere API key, but still letting them use Cohere endpoints.

Usage

1. Setup environment

export DATABASE_URL=""
export LITELLM_MASTER_KEY=""
export COHERE_API_KEY=""

litellm

# RUNNING on http://0.0.0.0:4000

2. Generate virtual key

curl -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/key/generate' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-1234' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{}'

Expected Response

{
    ...
    "key": "sk-1234ewknldferwedojwojw"
}

3. Test it!

curl --request POST \
  --url http://0.0.0.0:4000/cohere/v1/rerank \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header "Authorization: bearer sk-1234ewknldferwedojwojw" \
  --data '{
    "model": "rerank-english-v3.0",
    "query": "What is the capital of the United States?",
    "top_n": 3,
    "documents": ["Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada.",
                  "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Saipan.",
                  "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district.",
                  "Capitalization or capitalisation in English grammar is the use of a capital letter at the start of a word. English usage varies from capitalization in other languages.",
                  "Capital punishment (the death penalty) has existed in the United States since beforethe United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states."]
  }'